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SLEIGH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1915. 1,153,735. Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 1. I915. 1,153,?35. Patented Sept. 14,1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH Co., WASHINGTON. n c

THOMAS B. TRUE, OF EATON RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

SLEIGH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

Application filed May 1, 1915. Serial No. 25,104.

make and use the same.

This invention relates to sleighs.

The principal object and purpose of the invention is to construct I a sleigh of separable parts which may betransported in a knock-down condition and assembled without the use of tools of any description and by any one without the employment of skilled labor.

A further object of the invention is to 1 provide a sleigh construction in which the tongue and draw bar are readily separable.

from the front ends of the sleigh runners when in a; certain position with reference thereto but when in the normally operative position cannot be disengaged from the runners.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a novel and useful construction of sleigh knee which is comprised of readily detachable parts and which when assembled in operative relation in the sleigh isnot liable to turnover or get out of order asis common in sleigh knees of various other types. V

Further objects and purposes together 7 with novel constructions for carrying out the same other than those specifically enu merated will appear as the description progresses, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure'l 1s aperspective view showing av sleigh with parts in assembled relation and constructed 1n accordance with my invention. I Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of the forward end of a sleigh runner, partsbeing shown in section. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view of theforward end of a sleigh runner showing the attachment of the tongue or draw bar thereto. Fig. 1 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 1 but slightly enlarged and showing the sleigh from a different angle. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the various parts which go to. make up a complete sleigh in disassembled. relation; and Fig. 6 isa bottom plan view of the draw bar which is inter posed between the reach. and the front ends of the rear sleigh runners.

Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Included in the construction of a sleigh made in accordance with my invention are four sleigh runners each having a straight bar 1 preferably of wood which on its underside has a metal wearing strip 2, preferably of steel. A standard 3 is secured substantially midway between the ends of the bar 1 and on its upper side. The standard has a comparatively long base 4: contacting with the upper portion of the runner 1 and tapers upwardly from both ends as shown terminating in a rounded head 5. At the forward end of each bar 1 a malleable casting 6 is secured curving upwardly to form the. nose of the sleigh runner and having arear extension 7 which lies above the' front end of the bar 1. The casting terminates in a head 8 which is provided adjacent its rear side with a substantially rectangular opening 9, the entrance to which between the lips 10 and 11 is comparatively narrow as best shown in Fig. 2. The standard 3 and the casting 6 together with the runner. irons 2 are secured in position in any suitable manner, bolts 12 preferably being used eX- tending through bars 1 and wearing strip 2.

The standards 3 are adapted to be received within housings 13 of substantially bell-like formation, the upper ends thereof having sockets 14 which receive the heads 5 of the standards. It will be noted in this connection that the sockets are formed as cups with a slightly restricted entrance thereto through which the heads 5 can barely pass and the upper portion of the sockets are slightly enlarged so that the heads are loosely received therein. Furthermore the outward flare ofthe housings 13 is greater than. that of the standards 3 whereby a limited movement of the housings upon the standards is permitted. Integrally cast with the housing 13 is an inwardly projecting bracket 15 adapted to receive and con front and rear bobs of the sleigh. Connected to the rear beam 16 is a bolster 17 having an opening 18 for the slidable reception of the reach of the sleigh. The front beam 16 is adapted to carry a bolster 19 pivotally connected thereto by means of the usual king bolt and a reach 20 projects rearwardly from the bolster 19, in the assembled sleigh extending through the opening 18 in the rear bolster.

Tongue 21 has a roll 22 secured at its rear end. Braces 23 of bar iron extend from the tongue diagonally toward each end of the roll 22 passing a short distance beyond the ends thereof and thence turned in a direction substantially parallel to the tongue for a short distance as shown at 24 and then inwardly at right angles as shown at 25,

the part 25 of the bar lying in a slot cut in the underside of roll 22 and being encircled at each end of the roll by a band 26. The tongue thus constructed is adapted to be detachably connected to the forward ends of the front runners. To effect this connection the tongue is placed substantially vertical and the bar 25 at each end of the roll 26 inserted through the narrow entrance to the opening 9. The tongue is then turned to a substantially horizontal position, which position it will occupy when in use, and it will be apparent from reference to Fig. 2 that by reason of the width of the bar, greater than its thickness, it cannot be detached by passing through the narrow entrance but must if detached at all be again turned to substantially vertical position. In a similar manner draw bar 27 has a roll 28 secured at its rear end and is similarly provided with outwardly extending braces 29 which pass beyond the ends of the roll 28 and thence turn rearwardly as shown at 30 and then inwardly at right angles at 31 seating in a slot'cut in the underside ofroll 28 and retained in place and encircled by the bands 32 one at each end of the roll. A device 33 at the front end of the draw bar may be used to connect it to the reach 20 after attachment has been made to the forward'ends of the rear runners in a manner similar to the attachment of the tongue to the forward ends of the front runners.

From the foregoing construction it will be apparent that I have provided a sleigh which may be easily assembled or disassembled at will.

In Fig. 5 the parts are shown in disassembled relation. To assemble the sleigh as shown in Fig. 4: it is merely necessary to place the rear beam 16 with its attached bolster l7'between the rear standards 3, housings 13 receiving said standards, then place the front beam in similar manner bethrough the rear bolster securing the draw bar thereto. This can be accomplished in avery short time. Furthermore it will be apparent from observation of, this construction that by reason ofthe position of the heads 5 upon which beams 16 turn the draft transmitted through the reach 20"is in sub stantlally the same plane as the heads 5.

and there is no tendency for beams 16 to turn over as would be the case if the pivot points of the beams were positioned below the beams. Also inthis construction bars 1 may be cut from straight timber and there is no necessity of sawing the bars'to special form or in curving their forward ends as heretofore. The casting 6, standards 3, housings 13 and brackets 15n1ay be made of malleable iron and are very strong and 1 durable and fully capable of receiving the rough usage to which sleighs are subjected. Furthermore the construction of the tongue and draw bar is very economical and strong, the embedding of a bar in the rolls 22and 28 greatly strengthing and reinforcing the,

rolls. Also while all of the parts are readily detachable, this detachment cannot occur exfront pair of runners, a draw bar detachably connected to the forward ends of thejrear pair of runners, a bolster secured to the rear beam, a bolster detachably secured to the front beam, a reach connected to the front bolster and extending through the rear bolster, and a detachable connection between the draw bar and reach. r

2. In combination, sleigh runners, standardssecured to and projecting upwardly from the runners, beams each provided with a housing at each end, said beams connecting the runners in pairs through the housing re-. ceiving substantially'the entire body of the standards, the sleigh runners being located one back of the other, a tongue detachably connected to the forward ends of the front pair of runners, a draw bar detachably connected to the forward ends of the rear pair of runners, and means to detachably connect the front and rear beams, including a reach, and means detachablyconnecting the draw bar to the reach.

3. In combination, sleigh runners, standards V secured to and projecting upwardly from therunners, the standards tapering upwardly and terminating in rounded heads,

beams each provided with a bel1-like housing at each end, said housings tapering outwardly at a greater angle than the standards and said beams connecting the runners in pairs one back of the other with the stand ards detachably inserted into the housings, a tongue connected to the forward runners, and means connecting the forward and rear pairs of runners.

l. In combination in a sleigh, front and rear pairs of runners spaced apart, up-

wardly extending tapered standards secured to the runners, a beam interposed between each pair of standards, bell-like housings secured one at each end of each beam and detachably receiving the standards, said housings flaring outwardly at a greater angle than the standards whereby the runners may have a limited pivotal movement with respect to the beams about axes adjacent the upper sides thereof, and means to detachably connect the pairs of runners together.

5. In combination in a sleigh runner, a straight bar having an under wearing surface, an upwardly tapering standard secured to and projecting upwardly from the said bar and terminating in a rounded head for detachable connection with a cross beam, and an upwardly curved member secured at the front end of the bar terminating in a head, said head having a substantially rectangular opening therethrough and a narrowed entrance to the opening from the rear of the head for detachable connection with a tongue or draw bar.

6, In combination, a pair of sleigh runners spaced apart, a beam lying. between and detachably connected to the runners, upwardly curved members at the front ends of the runners each having an opening therethrough and a narrowed entrance to the opening from the rear of the member, a tongue, a roll having a longitudinal slot secured at the end of the tongue, a bar seated in the slot and extending beyond the ends of the roll, then bent forward and secured at its ends to the tongue adapting the tongue for detachable connection with the said members, and means securing the bar to the roll.

7. In combination, a pair of sleigh runners spaced apart, a beam lying between and detachably connected to the runners, upwardly curved members at the front ends of the runners each having an opening therethrough and a narrowed entrance to the opening from the rear of the member, a tongue, a roll having a longitudinal slot secured at the end of the tongue, a bar seated in the slot and extending beyond the ends of the roll, then bent forward and secured at its ends to the tongue adapting the tongue for detachable connection with the said members, a second pair of similarly constructed runners back of the first pair, a beam detachably connected thereto connections including a reach between the beams, a draw bar provided with devices like the tongue and similarly detachably connected to the forward ends of the rear runners, and means detachably connecting the reach and draw bar.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS B. TRUE. Witnesses:

H. H. HAMILTON, E. S. HARRIS.

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